Aspera (company)

Aspera was founded in 2004 by Michelle Munson and Serban Simu.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibc.org/publish/interview-michelle-munson-eluvio/3340.article|title=Interview: Michelle Munson, Eluvio|last=Davies|first=David|date=2 October 2018|website=IBC|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020121917/https://www.ibc.org/publish/interview-michelle-munson-eluvio/3340.article |archive-date=2019-10-20 |access-date=2019-10-20}} Munson and Simu patented and Aspera developed FASP, a high-speed data transfer protocol, and software products based on FASP.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bio-itworld.com/2014/1/17/acquired-by-ibm-aspera-pushes-on-to-science-dmz.html|title=Bio-IT World|last=Proffitt|first=Allison|date=17 January 2014|website=Bio-IT World|language=en-us|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140129032844/http://www.bio-itworld.com:80/2014/1/17/acquired-by-ibm-aspera-pushes-on-to-science-dmz.html |archive-date=2014-01-29 |access-date=2019-10-20}} IBM acquired Aspera in January 2014.

Aspera won a 2013 Primetime Engineering Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering Development{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/behind-screen/chris-cookson-be-honored-at-637433|title=Chris Cookson to Be Honored at Emmy Engineering Awards|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=26 September 2013|language=en|access-date=2019-10-20}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/2486976/ibm-gets-fast-file-transfers-with-aspera-acquisition.html|title=IBM gets fast file transfers with Aspera acquisition|last=Jackson|first=Joab|date=2013-12-19|website=Computerworld|language=en|access-date=2019-10-20}} and a 2014 Technology and Engineering Emmy Award for Secure Accelerated File Movement over IP including the Internet.{{Cite web|url=http://emmyonline.com/tech_66th_recipients|title=RECIPIENTS OF THE 66th ANNUAL TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING EMMY® AWARDS TO BE PRESENTED AT THE BELLAGIO HOTEL DURING THE INTERNATIONAL CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW IN LAS VEGAS|last=|first=|date=4 August 2014|website=Emmy Online|publisher=National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010151545/http://emmyonline.com:80/tech_66th_recipients |archive-date=2016-10-10 |access-date=2019-10-20}} The company received a Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) Engineering Excellence Award for its Telestream Vantage with Lightspeed Live Capture product in 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.shootonline.com/news/blackmagic-canon-cinnafilm-ibm-aspera-telestream-among-hpa-engineering-award-winners|title=Blackmagic, Canon, Cinnafilm, IBM Aspera, Telestream Among HPA Engineering Award Winners|last=|first=|date=27 June 2018|website=SHOOTonline|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020121927/https://www.shootonline.com/news/blackmagic-canon-cinnafilm-ibm-aspera-telestream-among-hpa-engineering-award-winners |archive-date=2019-10-20 |access-date=2019-10-20}}

Aspera has been granted the following patents:

• 2005: Bulk data transfer technology.{{cite news| author = Aspera | date = 23 December 2005 | title= Bulk data transfer |url=https://patents.justia.com/patent/8085781|access-date= 12 December 2018|publisher=Aspera}}
• 2007: Methods and systems for aggregate bandwidth control.{{cite news| author = Aspera | date = 4 September 2007 | title= Method and system for aggregate bandwidth control |url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US20090063698A1/en?assignee=Aspera+Inc|access-date= 12 December 2018|publisher=Aspera}}
• 2009: Practical models for high speed file delivery services, supporting guaranteed delivery times and differentiated service levels.{{cite news| author = Aspera | date = 16 January 2009 | title= Practical model for high speed file delivery services supporting guaranteed delivery times and differentiated service levels|url=https://patents.justia.com/patent/20090276271|access-date= 12 December 2018|publisher=Aspera}}
• 2010: Methods and systems for input and output driven rate adaptation.{{cite news| author = Aspera | date = 5 March 2010 | title= Method and system for I/O driven rate adaptation |url=https://patents.justia.com/patent/20100228878|access-date= 12 December 2018|publisher=Aspera}}
• 2012: Multicast bulk transfer systems.{{cite news| author = Aspera | date = 9 April 2012 | title= Multicast bulk transfer system|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US20120320732A1/en?assignee=Aspera+Inc|access-date= 12 December 2018|publisher=Aspera}}
• 2015: Bulk data transfer and measuring the roundtrip time of requests and transmissions.{{cite news| author = PacGenesis | date = 30 September 2020 | title= What is Aspera Software?|url=https://pacgenesis.com/what-is-aspera-software/|access-date= 19 October 2020|publisher=PacGenesis}}

• List of mergers and acquisitions by IBM

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